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Savvy business executive Amy L. Marberger, an executive with Martin Insurance Agency in Millersville, PA, is lending her talents to oversight of the 2009 Longís Park Art & Craft Festival being held Friday, September 4 through Monday, September 7, 2009.

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From Friday, September 4 through Monday, September 7, 2009, this beautiful Lancaster city park will be transformed into one of the top fine art and craft shows in the country. The festival will welcome guests, rain or shine, from 10 am to 6 pm Friday through Sunday and from 10 am to 5 pm Monday.

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Since the first Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival in 1979, the number of exhibitors has expanded to 200 talented artists, and guest attendance has swelled to some 20,000 art lovers from across the mid-Atlantic region. More than 1,000 fine artists and craftspeople from 47 states, the District of Columbia and 3 countries vied to be one of the 200 exhibitors in the 31st annual Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival.

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The Labor Day weekend Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival affords its guests a relaxing day in the park, surrounded by some of America’s most creative people. Free music is offered weekend-long in the Susquehanna Style Bistro area.

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Even better than a traditional gallery, at the Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival guests get to talk to 200 different artists from around the country who created the work. In this way guests take home more than a piece of art; they take home its story, too. Plus, throughout the weekend selected artists will actually demonstrate how they create their work.

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Brian Beam, Fulton, MI, Ceramics from $25
From over 1,000 applicants, jurors selected the 200 best to exhibit Labor Day Weekend, including Fulton, Ml ceramist Brian Beam. His functional, wheel-thrown an? altered pottery will add art to every kitchen and beauty to any home.

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Valerie Bunnell, Northampton, MA, Mixed Media 3D from $30
Each creation by this New England artist bears a story. Using textured clay, found and fabricated objects, metal and glass, Valerie Bunnell incorporates the magic of movement into her narrative, figurative three-dimensional work.

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NEW! Sally Craig, Amherst, MA, Precious Jewelry from $295
A quarter of the exhibitors at the 2009 Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival will be new to the show, and New England jeweler Sally Craig will be among them the 16 new jewelers there. Her handwoven and fabricated jewelry features a dazzling blend of metals, gems and pearls.

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Patricia and Allen Littlefield, New Paltz, NY, Mixed Media 2D from $150
Patricia and Alien Littlefield begin their stunning, two-dimensional work by making their own paper from abaca, then creating collages mixed with tampico fiber, muslin and drawing paper.

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NEW! Deborah Cross and Gordon Heinel, Freedom, CA, Wearable Fiber from $290
Over 31 years the Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival has earned a reputation for bringing together some of the leading wearable fiber artists from across the country. This year 14 different exhibitors will be featuring new and exciting apparel. New to Long’s Park will be California artists, Deborah Cross and Gordon Heinel and their colorful, hand-dyed silk shirts.

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Shekina Rudoy, Princeton, NJ, Wearable Fiber from $25
With cold weather on the horizon, the Labor Day weekend Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival has become known for its strong showing of wearable fiber artists. The stunning, hand-painted silk jackets and scarves by Shekina Rudoy from Princeton, NJ continue to attract jurors’ favor and shopper accolades.

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